Bongi Bengu
| Artist Name: | Bongi Bengu |
| Nationality: | South African |
| Year of birth: | 1970 |
| Artist information: | Bongi Bengu was born in Eshowe, KwaZulu-Natal, grew up in exile, in Geneva, Switzerland and studied in High School in Switzerland and later Waterford Kamhlaba in Swaziland. Bengu later enrolled and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree at Mount Vernon College, in Washington DC, and a Masters Degree in Fine Arts from The University of Cape Town and has since participated in numerous international residencies and workshops. She has received awards and scholarships from Mount Vernon College, Washington DC, USA; Standard Bank, South Africa; University of Cape Town; The National Museum of African Art Washington DC. In 2015 she exhibited at the Durban Art Gallery in “SA Art 21 Years after Democracy”; “Identity-Cohension” Grahamstown Festival. Previous to that she has exhibited at the Harlem Arts Festival Chicago; Friends Stuttgart, Germany. In 2007 she participated in Possibilities, Mumbai ; India. Other exhibitions include ‘A decade of Democracy: Witnessing South African Art, Boston Massachusetts USA; “Ten Years of Freedom Contemporary South African Art” Georgia USA. Other exhibitions have been In Berlin, Germany; Switzerland; University of Illinois, USA; London and throughout South Africa. She has been granted residencies in Kenya; Ghana; Switzerland; USA; UK; Kenya and Zambia all at prestigious institutions. She is included, among others, in the following collections, MacDonalds, Chicago, USA Bio supplied by artist |
